"Bricks, tiles and cement. The fleet left us a few bags of cement, as well as some bricks and tiles. We made the wooden boards ourselves. It won't take much to build a culvert anyway. We can just buy the nails and lime at the market opposite."
"Okay, why don't I go to Anyu Market tomorrow to sell some goods so as not to use the fifty taels of emergency reserves."
The next day, Wang Tao took Wang Degang, Shi Jinxi and others to change clothes and go to An Amusement City. This time he brought a simple four-color gift, which was regarded as a visit to the place after the new house was completed. Hu Xun naturally also socialized.
, gave two soup goats as a gift. He also took the opportunity to sigh and said that it was not easy to maintain the place. The county had no money, there were many reminders, and the place was heavily coerced. Since shopkeeper Wang wanted to establish a village here, he naturally had to negotiate with the county.
We had a lot of socializing there, made a land deed, and all kinds of miscellaneous taxes and assessments would inevitably be shared together in the future. The words were extremely polite. Wang Tao naturally agreed to them one by one. He tried his best to win the tolerance and support of the local forces and those currently cooperating with the indigenous forces.
guiding ideology.
Wang Tao took people around the market and sold some soju and sugar - both of which were very popular. He got some loose money. He bought a few pieces of indigo-dyed homespun cloth and wanted to find a tailor to make some local clothes.
Clothes - the navy soldiers were too conspicuous in their 1st year-style military uniforms. But there were no tailors in the market, so they had to ask Hu Xun for advice and asked his maids to make some. They also bought some rice, pumpkins and some other things in the market.
I brought vegetables to improve the food. I saw iron pots and clay pots for sale and bought a few. After everyone had packed up and was about to leave, they saw live chickens on sale for two cents each. Wang Tao bought five or six of them and called them
The sailor tied them up and hung them on a pole and took them back.
After leaving the village gate, he found a lime kiln on the beach that specialized in burning lime with oyster shells, and bought a few sacks of lime. Shi Jinxi haggled among the fishermen on the beach for a long time, and bought a small sampan for one tael of silver. The boat was very small.
Fully calculated, it could only hold seven or eight people, but it was enough for use in the bay. Back in Yulinbao, Wang Tao asked him to put the pots and pots in the kitchen for use - there would be no need to use a lunch box to cook in the future.
At least I can make some soup, cook rice or something.
"You bought so many chickens and prepared them for tooth sacrifice?" Lao Di was a little surprised.
"Eat eggs. Raise chickens." Wang Tao put down the chickens. "It would be a waste not to raise chickens in such a large yard."
"The floor is full of chicken manure? It stinks!"
"Would you like to put a chicken pen around?"
"What do we feed the chickens?"
"Leftover rice and coconut meat can also be used. Put the chickens outside the fort during the day and let them find food on their own. Then come back at night and feed them some feed. It's very economical." Wang Tao was confident.
"This is still an all-natural green grass chicken. Okay, it's up to you." Lao Di wondered if Wang Tao suddenly wanted to be a farmer. He remembered something and took out a copy of the telegram from his pocket.
"What is this?" Wang Tao received the telegram. It was an encrypted telegram. The sending call sign was the expedition team's Hangzhou number, and the receiving call sign was Lingao Telecom Main Station.
"Strange, this is not a message from Hai Mi."
"That's right, Shen Yuefeng collected the newspaper and couldn't decipher it with the code book. It's definitely not from Hai Mi."
"This is strange. When we set out, didn't we say that the expedition team all used Haimi to generate electricity? Even the stay-at-home fortresses like ours use Haimi to communicate."
"And it was sent from the Hangzhou, not the flagship Zhenhai."
"It's probably a telegram from the Intelligence Department or the Internal Affairs Department. Only they have this power."
Wang Tao led people to cut branches from the woods and transport gravel from the beach, and built a chicken coop under the wall of the Yulinbao compound, plus a chicken pen. When the weather was bad, they were allowed to roam in the pen. .
Some of the sailors were from farmers and were no strangers to these things. Seeing that their leaders were engaged in agriculture with great enthusiasm, they all became interested. Some suggested that they grow some vegetables themselves to avoid wasting chicken manure and human manure.
"No way, you want human poop?" Lao Di was shocked. He recalled that when he was training in the countryside, the smell of the big manure pit on the roadside was really ecstasy.
"Of course, otherwise the toilet would be full?"
"I originally planned to dig a ditch and wash it directly into the sea with water."
"It would be a waste to rush into the sea. Why not just dig a hole outside the castle and just rush everything into the hole. Put a lid on it and it won't stink anywhere."
"Let me declare in advance, when the time comes to gain weight, don't ask me to do it -"
The vegetable garden is located outside the wall of Yulin Fort, in a corner sheltered from the wind. However, the soil along the coast is thin and gravelly, so it cannot be planted directly. Wang Tao asked people to build a flower pond of about 50 square meters with big stones. It is good for drainage. Then we took the sailors to dig out the mud from the hillside, brought it back with the wheelbarrows left by the Zhenhai, and filled it in one by one.
Everyone else was puzzled by the former trainer's vigorous drive, as if he was planning to make this his home. Bai Guoshi couldn't help but ask him if he planned to stay in Yulinbao for a long time in the future. Wang Tao laughed:
"Of course not. My goal is that the executive committee will give me a large territory in the future, and then I will lead my whole family and hundreds of immigrant families to colonize and open up wasteland and become a lord. Practice now, and I will have experience later. .”
"Oh?" Bai Guoshi became interested, "Where do you want to colonize?"
"Australia, Tasmania or New Zealand are all fine." Wang Tao was a little tired and took out a pipe from his pocket. Wang Degang quickly filled it for his master and heated water from a nearby fire. A red-hot wood chip was placed on the pile. He took it and lit it, taking a few puffs:
"Smoking silk is much better than smoking those damn Holy Ship cigarettes -" he exhaled a puff of green smoke, "As for China, let the people on the executive committee take care of it slowly."
Wang Degang asked curiously: "Master, where is the place you mentioned?"
"On the other side of the sea." Wang Tao pointed to the sea level, "There is a big island that is evergreen all year round."
"How about I be your neighbor from now on." Bai Guoshi suddenly yearned for this kind of life: blue sky, white clouds, green pastures, and snow-capped mountains - this was probably what he had been thinking about when he watched the behind-the-scenes of The Lord of the Rings.
Impressions left behind in New Zealand.
"Okay, but can your girlfriend agree to marry you a bunch of wives?" Wang Tao teased him while holding a pipe in his mouth.
"Zhao Xue - she is not my girlfriend yet." Bai Guoshi was a little embarrassed, "We will talk about it later. I am not allowed to have a little wife, I can always bring a servant or something like that."
"You are really an obedient and innocent man. But I don't think you may like to live such a life, Xiaobai." Wang Tao smiled and said, "Who can say what will happen in the future? Maybe it will happen in Lingao.
There are many world metropolises that are more awesome than New York and Shanghai. It’s not bad to be a veteran cadre in a metropolis in the new world.”
The work in the vegetable garden lasted for two days. Everyone fenced this precious vegetable field to prevent wild animals from intruding. Then they got into the work of digging ditches. Bai Guoshi and Shen Yuefeng went out for exploration every day, because Jiang Hanqiu's immigration
The plan is likely to be implemented, so in addition to investigating resources, they are also looking for possible future colonial sites and land for reclamation.
Lao Di led another group of people to dig ditches by himself. He had never done this work. However, the Grand Library compiled a booklet "Simple Surveying and Construction" and distributed it to the expedition team. According to what the book said, he did it himself.
Some measuring instruments such as levels. The diameter of the water intake channel is not large, but it must be covered with soil, so it is dug deeper. The water intake is located on a river bank mainly composed of sand and gravel, and the water taken is relatively clean. It is not easy.
was discovered. Except during the dry season, the water intake is below the waterline most of the year.
The water channel passes through the city wall and leads to the courtyard. A reservoir was originally built here, but it was originally drawn from the city moat. The water quality is not as clear as that directly drawn from the river. After the river water is introduced, it undergoes sedimentation.
It is ready for use. The excess water is led to the toilet through another channel to flush the latrine, and the sewage flows directly into the fertilizer pit outside Yulin Fort. The sandy soil will quickly absorb the excess water. For safety and hygiene, wood is added at the entrance of the pit.
Lid. Wang Tao made a hole in the lid and inserted a bamboo pole with a hole in the middle.
"What is this for?" Everyone was puzzled.
"Drain the methane inside."
"Can't it be used as fuel?"
"It's too little. But if you drop a cigarette butt, it's enough to spread excrement on the wall."
Finally, all the channels were covered with tile covers and covered with soil. After a few days, the traces will fade away and no channels will be visible anymore.
While Wang Tao and the others were carrying out infrastructure construction, Bai Guoshi and Shen Yuefeng shot a barking deer during an inspection. The meat of this small deer is tender and delicious. After dragging it back, almost nothing was left, only a piece of skin was left.
The cleanly gnawed bones and even the deer intestines were washed, salted and hung under the eaves to dry.
There are many wild beasts here, and you don’t even need to go too far into the mountains. Hunting mainly relies on Shen Yuefeng. He has hunting experience and is much more experienced in shooting than Bai Guoshi. In order to save bullets and avoid causing big noises, hunting is done with
Using a steel crossbow, Shen Yuefeng continued to hunt common game such as pheasants and rabbits. The entire team left behind was full of mouthfuls of food. For those who were engaged in heavy physical labor every day, having an experienced hunter like Shen Yuefeng could be regarded as a blessing.
A blessing.
Seeing that Shen Yuefeng came back from hunting every now and then, Wang Tao came up with other ideas. He suggested digging a well in Yulin Fort.
"Why dig a well?" Lao Di felt confused after hearing this suggestion.
Bai Guoshi objected: "The groundwater here must be salty. In addition to bathing, it is not suitable for watering the vegetable garden."
"Who said we need to use the water inside?" Wang Tao said, "This is a refrigerator! Do you understand refrigerators?"
The ancients did not have refrigerators. Except for areas in the north where river water can freeze, which can be used to store ice in winter and use in summer, in other places, if you want to store perishable foods such as pork and mutton, you can only use wells. No matter how high the temperature is, the temperature in the well is average. It will be kept at a temperature of more than ten degrees Celsius, which is enough to store it for several days.
So they started digging wells again. Well digging is a technical job that is prone to accidents. Although they had instructions on how to dig wells in the "Simple Survey and Construction" in their hands, Wang Tao did not dare to act rashly. At this time, there were not many bricks and lime. , Wang Tao crossed the bay again and went to Anyue Market to buy materials. Seeing several wells in the city, he found out that there were local people who dug wells as a side job and hired them to do the construction.
The groundwater level in Yulinbao is very high, but water comes out after only five or six meters. Because the purpose is not to collect water, the diameter of the well is only 1 meter, and the walls of the well are made of bricks. The well digger praised the cement, yellow sand and lime mortar they used. Youjia, because the adhesive force was so good, offered to waive the cost of drilling the well as long as he was willing to give a few bags of cement. However, the left-behind team had no leftovers, so they had to politely decline, saying that there might be some in the future.
Wang Tao said: "This shows that there is a market for many of our things. There is no need to keep staring at the mirror, sugar, etc. There is a market demand for cement -"
"The demand for cement is pitifully low." Shen Yuefeng dismissed it, "It's not like you haven't seen what the people here use to build their houses - they can just make do with plaster. That's work like building the walls of water wells. Only cement mortar shows its superiority."
Wang Tao thought about it. There really is nothing that is particularly in demand here. Although sugar and shochu are easy to sell, the local consumer population is really small, and they can't sell much before they are saturated.
"We should just collect resources honestly. Let the Foreign Affairs Department worry about the business."
After several days of inspection, Bai Guoshi identified a timber logging site. It is about 3 kilometers away from Yulinbao, but it is close to the bay. The timber can be dragged out to the sea for 200 to 300 meters. If it is carried on the shoulders by manpower, It is simply impossible to transport the wood cut down every day to Yulinbao.
The job of most marines is to cut wood here every day. The cut trees are bucketed on the spot and dragged to the beach with ropes. Groups of 5 to 10 logs are tied with rattan to form wooden rafts. Groups of 4 to 5 rows are formed. , hauled by sampan to the beach in front of Yulin Fort and then towed ashore.
Although transporting wood involves sea transportation, the entire labor is still extremely hard. Fortunately, Shen Yuefeng can continuously provide meat. Even though it is small, it is still meat. Shi Jinxi continues to provide seafood. A few chickens also contribute some every day. The eggs are out and the food is not bad. In order to boost morale, Wang Tao reads a paragraph every night no matter how tired he is. In order to improve the awareness of the soldiers, he no longer tells jokes such as "Official Fighting" and changes it to every day. The purpose of talking about "The Complete Biography of Yue Yue" is naturally to prepare some ideological education for the future war with Jianlu. Moreover, from time to time, some poisonous fangs against the Song Dynasty were added to connect with the current situation and make great use of it to show that the crossing group was against the Ming government. The image of Wei Guangzheng who saved China. After talking about Yue Zhuan, Wang Degang also performed a stand-up comedy to lighten the atmosphere, and then let everyone go back to sleep. After implementing this, the morale was actually good.